Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 22, Number 44, Vincennes, Knox County, 10 December 1831 — Page 4

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We seldom copy poetry; but it is impossible, with the exdusiveness of a bigot, to pass bv the following brilliant tflfuston without notice. We know nothing of the author; but his name and reputation will not long (e under a bushel, if he produce many things like this Ed Eutcr. FROM TIIE ALD ANT ARGUS. There is in youth one love, Intense, devoted, sure. One dream, all other dreams above, Deep, passionate, and pure. Its colors blend with every joy. In every hope are wrought: It is the load-star of the boy. His sole engrossing thought. It pastes and the lute Hangs songless in the hall; A stranger may essay its chords, And sing to it forbidden wordsIts low, soft voice is mute. And answers not his call. Its vires have ceased to vibrate, and like riven heart strings seem. And ne'er shall music breath from them there comes no second dream. There comes no second dream Amid the heart's poor wreck. Something like love's first light may gleam feebly, and faint, and weak Strained o'er a ruined lyre, one string Unbroken, may remain True to the touch, still uttering Its own accustomed strain; But from the instrument hath fled the full. harmonic swell, doth tell And of the discord of the rest that only note There is to man one youth A bright, and only spring; Vhen fancy wears the robes of truth. And pleasure's varied wing Is radiant with many a star. To cheer, and light the way That beams upon the wanderer Herald of an unclouded day. It passes and no more The fair, sweet morning shines; Hope's pearly shading has grown dim, light, nor joy may visit him; Life's gorgeous dawn is o'tr, Its riseu sun declines. Gone are its fragrance bearing flowers, and i ceased its blossoming. And never more may they revive there comes no second spring! There comes no sreend spring A hand is beckoning on. An unknown voice is murmuring Of glory to bt won. A thirst is in the soul, A sieil upon the mind, A yearning for kome unseen gcal. Distant as heaven, as undefined. The glistening meed is sought. Battled for, but unworn; E.rc et the prize be gained, the wreath Entwines the victor-brow of death; J he laurel braid is wraught In marble, on his urn; And slumbers in the tonguelcss earth the wrestler for a name, and his fmc. While cohl oblivion swallows up his ilory LIFE BlirOUli THE FLOOD. The fallowing sketches are trom the rj " Miss Jewshery, in the shape of "Fiv pen of MisbJevvsbery, m the shape ot "l-rag tnents ot an Antediluvian dui y , To day I am a hundred ye u sold. How blissful arc the k-elings ol boy hood. My senses are accute as the tree with the ..shining leaf. My blood bounds through tpy'vcins as the river pours through the ailey, rejoicing in its strength. Lile Ties before me like another plain ot Shin or van, unoccupied, inviting I vviiifi i it with achievements and pleasure! In about iity years it will be time to roe to ; think of marrying; my kins wo. oat. Z l!ah, , will by that time have emerged from i girlhood, she already gives promise, I ' ar, of comeliness and discretion. Twenty years nenci. I wiii pay a visit to' her father, tht 1 may see how he grows: meanwhile 1 wi'l build a city, to receive her when he bccomci my wife. Nea-U thiee ceniu is have passed Vm. 'y mai riage Can it be T !i seems bui veterday since I sported like a young an. elope round my father's tent, or climb in the dark tedars. nestled tike a bii tl a motip the thick boughs and oow I am a

mn in authunty, as well as in the prime was looking tor. l'se come, here' says ot life I lead out my trained servants ; tie to zee the king ' 'Get up behind me,' to ih fight, and sit head to the countil, ? replied the monarch, 'and 1 will soon beneath the very tree where, as an infant, j conduct you to the place where you may rny nother laid me to sleep. Jazed, my i see him.' Hodge, without anv scruple younjesr bo'o. a lovely babe ot thirty 1 mounted; but as they were riding aione 3u miners, it dead: but I have four good:y , he put this sagacious question to his com som rem-ining And my three daugh I panion I hey tell me he's got a power Ces are fir as their mother, when I fiist ot lords vve'un ht)w niay a body know met her in the Acacia grove, where now which is he?' The king replied. That he oiands cne of my city watch towers j would be able to distinguish him by seeThey arc the pride of the plain, no less j ing that all his attendants took off 'heir f"r thir acquirements thantheir beauty j hats, while he himself remained uncoverX damsel carries the pitcher from the led Soon after, they joined the hunt, founts'n with the grace of Adah; none! when all the circuit as may well be ex

can dry the ummer fruits like Azvibah and none can fashion the rone ot" skins Mtth thc skill ot vlilch. When 'heir cousin Mahleel has seen another half cen tury. he shall take the choice ofthe three o Mv erght hundredth birth djy. And now I feel thc approach of age and in fumi'v. Mv beard has become white as thc Aimnnd tree. I am constraned o vise a v.ff when I journey; the strn look if.. h-irtt than lormerlv: tlie tiowers! ercell le$ odorous; I bate laid Z' lab in h icTib in ihe rock. Milch is gone to the dwelling of Mahalecl My sons takr itv p'ace tt ihe council and in the field wait ii chinked. Ttic lonr fuiure is be -

f come the short past. The earth is full of

violence: the ancient ard the honorable are sinking beneath the young and the vicious The giants stalk through the length and breadth of the land, where 01 cc dwelt a quiet people: and all is changed The beasts of the fields and the monsters of the deep, giowl and press on us with unwonted fuiy; traditions, visions and threatening are abroad W hat fear ful doom hangs over this world, I know not : it is enough that I am leaving it Yet another fie or eight score yeais.and the tale will be complete. But have I, in very deed, trod this earth nearly a thous and year? it is false. I am yet a bay. I have had a dieam a long, long busy dream, of buying and selling marrying and given in manisge, of building and planting, feasting and warring, sot towing and rejoicing, loveing and hating; but u is false: to call a life. Go to it has been a vision oi the nigh'; and now that I am awake, I will forget it. Lantech, my son, how long is it since we planted a garden of oaks besidt the rivet? My father, dost thou spun? Those oaks cast a broad shadow when my sisters carried me be Jneath them in their arm6. and wove me chaplets with their leaves Thou art tight, my son, and I am old. Lead me to thy mother's tomb and there leave me to meditate. What am I the better for my past length of being? Where will be it records when I am vrone. Tt ey aie yon der on all sides. Will those massy tow ei stall? Will those golden plains be come desolau ? Will the chi dten that call me lather, forge ? The eets Uitrr dai k say ings upon heir harps when they sing oi the luure tiny say out descend ants shall be men ot dwindled sta'ue, 'hat the years ot their lives shall be contrac ted to the span of boyho- d but what is that future to me? 1 have listened to ne talcs oi Paradise nay, in the blue dis tance, I have seen the dark tops of tht cedais I have heard the solemn meo dies of Juba!, when he sat on the sea shote. and the sound of the waves mlngi ed with its harping I have 6een angels the visitants ot men I have seen an end : o all perfection w hat is the lutuie to me? SOLOMON AND (jUCRN 611 LB A. I he power ot hoiornon nav ng spicarJ his wisdom to 'he utmost pans of li t known world, Queen Sluba. atitacud by the splendor ot i. is reputation, viired tin poetical king at his own court 1 heie, one day, to exercise the sagaci:y of the monarch, Sluba presented heist.t jt the toot of the throne ; in each ot her hands she htld a wreath, one composed of natural fl ivvcis, the other ot artificial. Tht fl u ist, w hocver he was, had so exquisite ly imitated thc real natives ofthe gaider, that at the distance it was held bv tht queen, for the king's inspection, it was deemed impossible for him to answer th question she put him which wreath wa the production of nature arid which of an? The sagacity of Solomon seemed pet plexed. The honor of the u onarch's reputation for divine 6.igacity seemed di minished, and the whole j wish cou t looked solemn and melancho-y At le ngth an expedient presented i -eif to ihe king, and it must be confessed, worthy ot the naiuial philosopher. Ooserving a cluster cf bets hovering about ,i window, he had it opened; th Lets luslud ino ihe court, and immediate y aiighttdon one ot the wreaths, whi-sl not a sirtrle one fixed on the other. I he b fTl d Sheba had one more reason to be astonished at thc wisdom ol Salomon. Uc have read another test to which tht queen put the wise ma'.'s d.scern meni. She s? Iec?ed the most fT inmate looking boys she could find, ard inter mingling them in female dresses v.-i h the sjme liumber of girls asked him, as he sat at a distance, 'vvhich vvas which " Solo mon ordered balls to be put into thc hands of the young mwttitudt, and that every individual should throw tiVm at some object, one by one The dff tent manner in whtch the action was per.orm cd enabled him to pronounce on the s. x Il.nry IV, of F ance being out one dav on i hunting n.atch, lost his parly and was riding a one Obcr v mc a countty tcliow standing upon a ga'e, appar ently on the watch, he askei! him vv h.ii he j pected were great'y surprised to see the king so ndly attended When they were ; arrived, his majesty turned to ihe clown, ! askttl him if lie could tell which w as the king I dont know (an-wered he) hut frtith it must be one ot us two, for we've both fjot cur hats on. Yarikc e question You han't nun on ye seen nothing of no hat no where that no 'iodv han't left on none of tnese teats no tini" nor nothing, han't ye? 1nwer We han't run on us. seen nothit g ot no it, nor no hing of no kind, on where on nun of these seatSi Cor no 1 where eise as 1 kno;T cn.

Enlaugcd Fruit. One cf the most! casuiu and remarkable experiments I

pleasing and remarkable experiments i -i .. . . r k maue in Horticulture, is mat oi rroi Poitcau, in the production of enlaiged peaches. He made an incision round the limb of a peach tree, which, as has long been known, will make the fruit larger. He took a bud from thii branch, and inoculated another tree. The consequence is that the fruit is of the same enlarged size as that ot the experimented bianth Ladies Wanted A paper printed in the state ot Alabama, speaks ot a most deplorable and a la t ming scarcity ot young ladies Evcty respectable len.ak,native or stranger, tound ttte.rt, is as soon a possible, hurried to the hymcnial aitei The young men are as one hundred o one of the young ladies Whtthei the cot tons or the broadcloths ate trowned upon or not, the ladies are a way weicomed with smiles. I hey shall tiave protection foroer. A CALM AT SEA. A calm is sorntuiM nore terrible than a storm. This, said n.y fiitnu Mi 15? ae, I had an opportunity ot proving tn a voyage to the West Inuits We had been out three days, when there came on a trcrmiid' us blow fiom the noth west We stud before ir foi ten Gays, and m last it lett us in a flai cairn, in that dread ed pan m the ocean off .he African coast, catttd Mhc Rains' '1 he wir.ds stopped as it strangled. 'I he sun rose iioti a sea c j t fi e, ano wheeling tfnough U t. stem ing ndless day e a hard dazzm g tk ,ei without a twilight; lor there hardly suflicitm moisture in the atpios phetc to retract tii beams And this tad cm tir.ut.ti lor the space ot twilvi t ays. Eeiy morning piesenttd to oi.i tchiog vision the same k velb: zing st a iqoid baia: a and our ships chained in ihe n.idst ot it. An ocean motionless as it ft tvo to i tic bottom a prospect vi,bt, monotonous, a'd bouiidiess. sit ence ai.d in tr. nst'.y weie an that ihe?t lata! seas cf? 'tlerl : out hapltss voyii era. 'I hm oi.iv.iiuifti s i. loess ct the cuments bt j; n to wt t k upon liie supci stiti (us fears oi the ai.oi s. at the snn.e i it i. that the teuibi heat ol ) ;r un spoi.eo , 1 our water ai d tiiovisiors. ut.ii r.fF-rii-f. . many ot us win tjuadtm :uns in th head and even w lit; dt te mm Pale and ire zen wtthieiroi; m crKedot heave toims and tempest-: at d ile heavens 'urr.ed to brass, likv cean. rfi idtd u tiothir g but the same fitgli.tut stiemty but, iiioon, aod s'ais prtstottd a'ike tiea-miKc speciac-t; ano an m i cm which me dot med harhirgtrs o' and giadntss, c nveytd u t ur n n ds ot ihini; but tenor and presa'-s ot dtatr At length to swell the l ot rors ot h scene, cn e famine It haci bte. ;tp proaching gradual'y, but whtni. was -on n.ui ced that n had become r.e- esst ly i deal out out danaged p ovisions by ? owance, it tell J'kt a tho debolt an ony u3. Ii is a calamity ufhciently ttnible n land, but on an un'-i (jutnttd sea, will, nott ing m its des tt b- som more sut. s'antia than its toam tf- fmpe to cling r , how ii fintte y drtadtu ! w hat, in tuch io ta aba dormtm ot all natuie. couid re scut us trom the honors ct despair. I hete was a -.vailing on our dfeks there u ere hi -phemies. houts cf n ad ness, and phierzitd ptayn v for the tcr, prsts. the wavrs, ai d the siphtning I he sun was dropping tor ti e fifteenth t m . lov. atds the sea. as to hfs gt avt It stt. atid shot its parting rays on a tia'k bo!v hat at that moment rose, like the deno i of night, in the eastern border of ih horizon O! ihe jt y with whi h wt hailed that cb-nd! O" it came, blazing as if all the fi es ot the e'.err ents wt t concer.ttattd in its bosom On i' came, and with it came the wind Ail 'he dc moos ot the storm appeared to have leagued t hi ir forces in that one gut. bli;; it was plcasatitt r than ti e 'ight ol ihe sur ; tle mi' gled hwl ot the len ents as music to our fars af d we haihd ttiat tempest, as it swe p- ovr f us in it pv cr with tears of joy In four hours, it leli u? shorn ot eveiy spur, ar d filled wiih water, in the regular tradt s Our de k1hfl bten swep- ot every thing but ou bodit but we had tveoid it not. We teit rmy that once mote it blew -thai once more we moved The most manifest sign of wisdom i continued chcet fulness: ht restate is bke that of tlir gs in i egions above the moot., always e eai and serene. People that cha- ge their religion from reading books ol controvet sy, are not so much couveittd as outwitted. I believe in love in devoved endear ing inextinuishdb e lov: I believe in attachments which know no variation, except from hope to despondency: l believe in tenderness ut intermitted j trough years cf trialin tr ; en through years ot temna uth, unbrok eh years ot tempatir ns: I be lieve, in hott, in the afiction which, though circumstances may diminish, time iueif never can subdue! Dr Busby, whose figure is beneath the common mzc, was one day accosted in a poblic coffte room, by an Irish baro net ot colossal stature, with "May I pass to my seat, O giant? When the Doc t r politely made way, and replied, "Pass O pigmy " "Oh sir," said the baronet, ry expression alluded to tlie size of I HHP lf''. Irt ' ' ( k A I . rl rW a At tA riAfv i

j v.j,.i ..ivi.) ,j said the Doctor, "to the size of yours.")

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Y VT W tf'CtfXTlQ 1 V? vJJtl $&avvon fc fLnuxttv HAVE the pleasure of informing their f i i.t i ? .if . t . . wnmus ana inepvmic gfnerauy, mat utrtj ; hare received, and are voir opening, a gemral assortment of merchant! ize, among j trhich mill he fovml SunrrHne Mark i Blue, Olive. Brown and Green cloths . j II' 1,11 a rtrtf superior brown Wght-Uuc cassweU . Red, White and Green J-lanncls hosc Maelinair and Point IHanlets Stper Black Italian Lutestring S'7r and Tabby Velvet Bambazetx, Plaids, Cambric Calicoc, Gloves, Hosiery, Fashionable Bonnet and Belt Ribbons, Leg horn Bonnets, Fancy Soaps, Cologne 1V ter, SiU- and Marseilles Vesting.", Broirn and Bleached Domestics, Prunella, Morocco and Mens Leather Shoes Fine and Common Hats, $c. Jcc. together with an assortment of Hardware, Iron, Steel, Castings, Fresh Groceries and Queensware, they are determined to offer at the lowest rates for cash or merchantable p rod ucc of any kin d. They take this opportunity of in forming the customers of thc Vincenves Stcajn Mill that in future that establishment will be under the immediate management of one of the frm; and they hope that their invariable disposition to accommodate wdl ensure them a share oj public patronage. 87 Tie highest market price for Wheat, Corn ana Saw-loizs. lirntrber'lW?) " Al-tf v'ClKN r. DUKNIKG. With hummer in hand, is again at hi .... o Anvil! I 4 ND will promptf J lv attend to al! rails in his line, bv J proniptnessincxecu- , .11 1 . . . .. ifSUuo a,l ciders, anu lSXsS 32 o.V Having his won! m K . i-' V , well done, he hopes " to share the patronare ot a liberal public. iieing himself in debt, he has to request i Tl " t!d)J lAhin'to ",ake PHvmei.t l.y the lOih dav of October next. A neek( t o . - . . .,.. j this request may give him unpleasant feel".nps, and put them to expense. Viuccnnes, Sept. 17. 1831. 52 tf SPRL'SG A Z D " S GOOD S. ILvf? jrST KJXtlVKI) A PITPLY OF Foreign and Domestic DLY GOODS. Among.it uhich are the newest patterns 3LS, GiXGUAaw, " and latat style CaLICOLS Rot EN Capsimere?, &.C. He has also received IRON CAS1TGS SALT TAR I to i i-pee tilt It) solicits a continuanoo of pi l iio patronage. Vincenrios, May 17, 18H1 ITi-rl Cciumte&fou : o o o: r HE subscribe, has the pleasure ol T . . . . . . K . - i . e -'ill on:ii ues he v ommission and tohaoe FuiKfSS. a h;s ) i S -( S0K7H H'bhr CORNER 01 WA TER AND MARKET STKEE7S WILLIAM MIEURE. Vincennes, April, 1831. 9-tf. IK DIANA DEBICCRAT, TWICE A Yt FEK, Ditring thc Session of thc Legislature tf. inioi n lf.L- Ihe nun ir rriif ra iv ihr,i fTlHE Democrat will be published twice a week during the Session ofthe Lcgisla-

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mre, and will give a general repoit of the that establishment. The proprietors are proceedings of both Houses A huge addi- prepared to execute orriets for PLANK tional expense will necessarily be incurred ! and SCANTLING of everv description by making the Democrat a semi-weekly pa - Ut tlie shortest notice, and on the most reaper, but as many cf our ft iends have urged ! sonable terms.

tlie propriety ot the undertaking, we have determined to hazard the experiment and throw ourselves upon the libtrality cf tht public for its support. Subscribers for the session will receive two papers per week, during the session for 75 ctnts to be paid in advance. Refill. ir annual subscribers will cnlv pay as heretofore, 52 numbers making a year. Subscriptions can be conveniently remitted by the members of the Legislature. I'ost Masters are requested to act .is ae.ts. and by forwarding us tlie sum oifivt dollars, shall be entitled to receive a paper tw ice a week fcr their trouble, and papers for seven subscribers, wich is equivalent to cne del i.-tr. The same privilege will be extended 'o all others who will act as agents, and tht papers forwarded on the receipt of the mo new God and faithful reporters will be pro cured, and those wo are desirons to know. , . jietietal history cf the passing events if :he tin es, in all department, w ill find the Democtat a cheap ar.d faithful n cord. Indianapolis, Oct Sth, 1S31. SS R. K. C AUK AN, Attorrey at Law. ESFECTFULLV ffei-s his profcsslonv al services to the public. lie may be e i . . v , rr w t . i

oiiti .ii i.ic mine vl UCll. V V . JOUiisiini. November 19. 41 3;

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T HE Subscriber inforrr the, oublic, that he ha FOUR HUNDRED BARRELS of good KEN HAW A SALT. v ,lu t viji be exchanged fir WHEAT. CORN, COTTON. FORK, or casu, cn Kd terms. Also A quantity of rood WHISKEY, and COT V RN.hy who ilesale and retail. "ni.is io liijrc last' a i u.niiHV oi jru C()UN and u hrat fcr hich cash, or H( t .r thc aboe art;cieN hennid. HENKY 1). WIIEFLElt. Vincenncs, Dec. .. 1S3. 43 3t. P. S. All thne indebted to thc late firm of Wheeler & Webb, and also to II. I). Wheeler, will save cost by calling and settling thc sme on or before the 25th instant. CORN, WHEAT. COTTON or POKK, will be taken for any debts that mav be due. II. 1). W. n nnn cypkf-ss shingles, U?UUU Fur sale bv WILLIAM MIErRE. Vinrcnnes Sept. 1SU. :i NICHOLAS SMITH S'FILL continues to carry cn thc Em nun Stirct rcu Iluines at the old stand, where he will be happy to accommodate his custon crs. S-tf Agut 50. IF" I. CASK IN HAND For WHEAT, RYE and CORN, delivered at the Yiii'-cnncs Steam Mil!. MAR RON & HUNTER Nov. V2, lSH. 40-tf

4 y Ki-ps of CHEWING TOBACCO, For ta!o hv Arf WILLIAM MIEURE. !- Yincennes, Soot. Lv'Jl. tf

By the BARREL, new an3 SQi frcsn- n'me Vl,r Jfiyi STINKNO STUFF, for Ktlc low ti4' at the Vincenncs Ditillcrv. P'y v - MARRON & HUNTER. Nov. 12th. IS'H. 40-tf HEV7 GOODS. TiiTirrcii a- iivitrun. II AVE jut received their Fa 11 and Wirfl ter GOODS, which, tdded to theii former sttck, makes their assortment complete, and will be sold low for cash, or in exchange for me st kinds of country produce. a lso ICO Barrels SALT. 40 Barrels WHISKEY. Yincennes, Oct. 1, 1831. o4 ova NOTICE. THOSK int'Cl-ted to thc Subscribers by Note r Book account, arc requested to :n11 and Pu ,he utday of Janunr . n-i f 11'

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ry next, in Cash, Pork, or Whi.-kw . Wc hope our fi iends will not i.ep'ect this r.o'icc, as wc arc preparing to stari Eastwanl. ROSC vc IIARrERA l)eccmlcr:i,lS31. 10 THE FUE-LZC BUN way trom tht Subscnber, on the night of the 2id October la.t, an indent. d apprent'u c to the Tailoring business, bjr he nan t of John Hichakdsox; he is about t;inet en years of age or thereabout, black hair and a fair complexion, ar.d well grown for his age; it i snj posed l:e h;ts gone to the Arkansas Ten itory vvhere he. has a -ister living. 1 d.: heit by foiewam all persons j "T u"u;!5 " S"K creo.t on my account, as I am determined to ei.loice the ... . n i . i -,, i.jw iicaiiisi an anu anv wno vui o so. H. RUBLE. Vincennts, Nov. 5. 1831. 59 tf Havroii KJbnnttv rILSFEC'l FULLY inform the-r friends 4 and the public generally, that their NF.W CiRIST MILL is now completed. They will in future endeavrur to keep on hand at all times, fresh MEAL anI FLOUR, which they arc deter mined to sell at fair prict s for cash only. No orders will be accepted after this notiheaticr., unless the cash accompanies them. Those who may have accounts at tha Vincennes STEAM MILL, are informed that cash navmcnts will be exnecul for t-vcrv article'thev mav have purchased at N. H. M. tv II. have received a ccnvlgnmentcf 100 Barrels of KENHAWA SALT which they will dispose of low. Vincennes, May 7, 1831. 13 tf TAKE NOTICE. ON the '9m of October, 1851, a negro man who calls himself KICHAkD. about 21 years old, a dark mulatto, about 5 teet 10 inches hirh, spare made and sprightiy countenance, wno says ne belongs to Francis Foster, of Lincoln county. Kentucky ; and on the 29th a negro woman who r ills herself ELIZABETH, about 40 years old, adaik. mulatto, ot common siztr, and .atht r spare mndc,( who says she was raised n Cint innati. Ohio, but lately from Jcffer--t n barracks near Saint Louis, and says that shr is free, but from the evasive manner in which she gives an ice our. t of herself, she is supposed to be a slave,) were comti.itied tlie J.ulot Law rente county, I1L accord insr tu lw . as runaw av s R H- MARNLV. Sli'ff. L. C. 111. Nov. 12, lvS3l. 40 6t Hags ! Rags ! Iiags ! C.1SH, or UOR will be given for ny quantity of clean Lmncn Cotton ft ag i a 'he wf.sstk.ri t'v ofiice Jji.iuno fcr SUfiiofo On hiA a;id lor toje at tji OrBcQ.

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